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meris, calycis lobis lanceolatis, staminibus 4 5; floribus femineis 1 4-m's; fructibiis ovoideis 

 acuminatis, 2 3-spermis, seminibus acuminatis, albumine non ruminato. 



A moderate-sized tree, glabrous except the buds and inflorescence; branches terete. 

 Leaves alternate, lanceolate-oblong, acuminate at apex, more or less rounded towards base, 

 coriaceous, 5 12 in. long by 1J 4 in. wide, turning reddish beneath (when dry) ; petioles 

 | 1 in. long, stout, channelled above ; midrib depressed above; lateral veins inconspicuous. 

 Inflorescence appressedly fulvous-hairy, dioecious or sometimes monoecious, in which case the 

 female capitula are towards the top of the branches, and the male ones beneath. 



<5 . Inflorescence dense, many-flowered, axillary, sessile ; calyx ^ in. long, 4 5-lobed 

 beyond the middle, lobes lanceolate, acute, hairy on both sides; corolla Jin. long, 4 5-fid; 

 stamens 4 5, short, glabrous; ovary rudimentary, very small. 



J . Flowers 1 4 together ; calyx J r \ in. long, lobes more or less reflexed at the 

 margin; corolla about as long as the calyx; stigmas 2 3, ^ in. long, spathulate; 

 ovary 4- or 6-celled; fruit acuminate, 1J in. long, resting on a scarcely increased calyx, usually 

 2 3-seeded; seeds shining, oblong, acuminate, 1 in. long; albumen not ruminated. 



Ceylon, Pasdoon Corle, Thwaitesf C. P. 3476. 



39. DlOSPYROS TRICOLOR. 



D. fruticosa, foliis alternis, ellipticis, utrinque obtusis, supra subglabris viridibus, subtus 

 albido-sericeis, costd ferrugineA; floribus axillaribus, sessilibus, 1 4>-nis, tetrameris, pubes- 

 centibus, calyce quadrifldo, corolld tubulosd, staminibus 6 8 vel pluribus, incequalibus ; floribus 

 femineis solitariis, staminodiis 7 8, ovario ovoideo, sericeo, in stylum subulatum attenuate; 

 fructibus subpyramidatis, glabr is, junior ibus k-locularibus ; seminibus 2 4. 



Noltia tricolor, Schum. et Thonn. Plant. Guin. p. 189 (1827), in Kong. Danske Vidensk. 

 Sel. Phys. og Mathem. Skr. III. p. 209 (1828). 



A much-branched shrub, 2 4 feet high ; branches terete, ferruginous-tomentose, diverg- 

 ing, sometimes flexuous, procumbent. Leaves alternate, distichous, elliptical, obtuse, nearly 

 rounded at base, with few lateral veins, green and glabrescent above, white-silky with the 

 midrib and margin often ferruginous beneath, 1 Sin. long by | 2 in. wide, the young 

 ones silvery-silky on both sides ; petioles ^ in. long, tomentose. Flowers solitary or 3 4 

 together, axillary, sessile. 



. Calyx 4-fid, lobes acute, silky-tomentose, ferruginous ; corolla tubular, 3 times the 

 length of the calyx, scarcely dilated below, sub-4-lobed, subcoriaceous, " red," silky outside, 

 in. long ; lobes acute, erect, inflexed at the margin ; filaments 6 " 8 or more, unequal, 

 4 often double the length of the rest, half the length of the corolla, pubescent below, 

 inserted on the receptacle, either distinct or 2 3 together at the base," anthers subulate, 

 erect ; ovary rudimentary. 



9 . Flowers solitary ; corolla rather inflated at the base ; staminodes 7 8, distinct ; 

 ovary ovoid, silky, attenuated into a subulate style ; stigma acute ; fruit conical-oblong and 

 ferruginous-silky when young, afterwards conical, obsoletely tetragonal, yellow, quite glabrous, 

 1 in. long by in. wide, 1-celled, 4-seeded ; seeds oblong ; pulp sweetish ; calyx of young 



